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'AYTENT VILLIAM Il. TILLSON, OF QUINOY, ILLINOIS.

OVERSHOE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,493, dated July 19,1898.

Application sied May 27, 1897. sehn No. 638,446. (No mode.)

To all 1077.077?, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TILLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy, in the county of Adamsand State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Overshoe-Holder, of which the followingis aspecication.

The invention relates to improvements in overshoe-holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofovershoe-holders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient oneadapted to be readily applied to any ordinary rubber overshoe andcapable of effectually preventing the saine from slipping off at theheel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will becapable of ready adjustment to move it backward or forward on` anovershoe and adapted to be readily swung into and out of engagement withthe heel of the wearer to permit the overshoe to be readily put on orremoved.

Another object of the invention is to provide a catch capable ofeffectively engaging -a rubber and adapted to form a guard to prevent adress or the bottoms of trousers from catching into it.

The invention consists in the yconstruction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.A

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an overshoe providedwith a holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailsectional view of the spring-clasp. Fig. I is a detail View of the blankor plate of the body of the springclasp before the same is folded.detail perspective view illustrating a modiiication of the clasp. Fig.-G is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the manner ofapplying thesame to an overshoe. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the lever ofthe spring-clasp.

Like numerals of reference designate correspending parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an overshoe-holder comprising a pair of clasps 2 forengaging the sides of an overshoe 3 and a substantially U -shaped Fig.l5 is a frame or bail 4L, pivoted at'its terminals to the clasps andadapted toengage over the back or heel of a shoe, whereby the overshoeis retained thereon. Each clasp consists of a frame or body and a lever5, and the former is constructed of a single piece of sheet metal orsimilar material, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.

The sheet-metal plate of which the frame is constructed is doubled toform a loop or hook to receive the upper edge of a rubber, and the frameis provided at opposite edges of its inner side with arms or ears 6,which are recessed at their lower edges to receive the upper edge of therubber, making the arms or ears substantially L-shaped.

The arms or ears 6, which are perforated, are bent at right angles tothe inner side of the frame to form the sides of the clasp, and theouter portion 7 of the frame is resilient and arranged between the armsor ears 6 in position for engaging the outer face of the rubber.

The lever 5, which is substantially L- shaped, has its lower iiange orheel 8 engaging the outer portion 7 of the frame, and it is provided atits opposite edges with integral pintles arranged at the angle of thelever 5 and fitting in the perforations of the arms or ears 6.y Theangle-lever is adapted to force the spring portion 7 into engagementwith the upper edge of the rubber, and the lower edge of the said outerportion 7 is bent inward at an angle to form a flange to engage underthe rib or bead formed by the thickened upper edge of the overshoe. Theupper portion of the lever is extended inward over the top of the claspto form a guard for preventing a skirt or trousers from becoming caughtin the device.

The back 10 of the clasp is perforated and receives a rivet 11, whichpasses through an eye 12 of the bail 4i, whereby the latter is pivotedto the clasp.

In Figs..5 and YG of the drawings is illustrated a modification oftheclasp. This clasp 13, which is constructed of a single piece ofmetal, consists of a plate provided with a substantially rectangularloop or hook 14,adapted to engage over the upper edge of the overshoeand provided at its outer portion with an inwardly-extending ilange 15to take un- IOO der the bead or rib formed by the thickened. upper edgeof the overshoe, the inner portion of the loop being smooth. This formof clasp is adapted to be quickly applied to an overshoe, and it formssubstantiallya permanent part of the same; but it may be readilyadjusted backward or forward and is quickly clenched at the desiredpoint. The bail or fraine is pivoted to the clasps 13 in the mannerbefore described.

This invention has the following advantages: The device is simple andexceedingly inexpensive in construction and is adapted to be readilyapplied to the ordinary overshoe, so that it can be sold with or Withoutthe same. It is capable of preventing the heel of an overshoe slippingoff the wearer, and the frame or bail may be readily swung upward anddownward to engage it with and disengageit from the foot of the wearerand enable the overshoe to be quickly put on or removed. The device isalso capable of longitudinal adjustment, being adapted to be movedbackward or forward on the upper edges of the sides of the overshoe inorder that it may be readily positioned for engaging the foot properly.

l. An overshoe-holder comprising a substantially U-shaped bail, and apair of clasps pivotally connected with the ends of the bail and eachconsisting of a substantially U- shaped loop presenting a smooth outersurface to avoid catching in a garment and having a straight innerportion to t against the inner face of an overshoe and provided at thelower edge of its outer portion with an inwardly-extending flange,whereby it is adapted to conform to the configuration of and engage thethickened upper edge of an overshoe,

said clasps being capable of ready adjustment longitudinally of,thesides of an overshoe without defacing the saine, substantially asdescribed. p

2. An overshoe-holder comprising a substantially U -shaped bail, and apair of clasps pivotally connected to the ends of the bail and eachcomprising a plate doubled to form a loop to engage over the upper edgeof the rubber, the outer portion of the loop being resilient, the earsor arms extendin g outward from the inner portion of the loop and beingrecessed at the bottom to receive the upper edge of the overshoe, andthe angle-leverfulcruined between the ears or arms and engaging theouter portion of the loop, said lever being extended over the top of theclasp to form a guard, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VVILLIAH II. TILLSON.

iVitnesses:

S. C. ANDERsoN, WILBER CAsTELEn.

